Service Summit 2012

Ulster BOCES New Visions Health Career Explorations students presenting their research in the Youth Volunteerism Panel, UlsterCorps Service Summit 2012, moderated by Susan Barnett. photo: Stephen Gilman

Thanks so very much to everyone who participated in our Third Annual Service Summit at SUNY New Paltz: our MC Susan Barnett; all our panelists & speakers – especially the Ulster BOCES New Visions students who were such an inspiration; our co-sponsors – CRREO, Rivertides, Ulster Savings Bank, Central Hudson and PDQ Printing. Without their support, this important annual event simply could not happen. Finally, special thanks to Barbara Valocore/ Lifebridge Foundation for agreeing to sponsor the printing of the Hunger Project posters which will soon be displayed on all UCAT buses!!

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Third Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
8:30am-Noon
SUNY New Paltz

Co-sponsored by the Center for Research,
Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), RiverTides,
Ulster Savings Bank, Central Hudson and PDQ Printing

Moderated by Susan Barnett

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Stiles Najac, Food Security Coordinator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Doris Weber, Family of Woodstock, share ideas on fostering volunteerism during the 2010 UlsterCorps Service Summit. Photo: Nicci Cagan, From the Ground Up

The Third Annual Service Summit again will bring together representatives from the nonprofit, business, higher education and governmental sectors in Ulster County and focus on three topics: an update on the work of the Hunger Project as a model collaboration, (2) address local, regional and national volunteer service models for Responding to a Community in Crisis (with a focus on last summer’s storm relief efforts), and (3) in support of our interests in getting more young people engaged in their communities, a review of effective examples of youth volunteerism.

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Service Summit 2012 Materials:
Service Summit 2012 Agenda
Service Summit 2012 Speaker Bios
Service Summit 2012 Participants List
Service Summit 2012 Roundtable Discussion Summary
Service Summit 2012 Evaluation Forms

Hunger Project Mind Map
Hunger Project Map of Food Pantries – Poster for UCAT Buses
Generously funded by Lifebridge Foundation and PDQ Printing

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Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2011 Service Summit so inspiring and successful – to all the participants, sponsors, facilitators & speakers – Dr. Gerry Benjamin, Mark Walter, Nancy Pompeo, Kevin Cahill, & most of all, the amazing New Visions hs students for their fantastic work on the Hunger Project!

Second Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011, SUNY New Paltz
Co-sponsored by the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Ulster Savings Bank, and RiverTides

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The second annual UlsterCorps Service Summit focused on the End Hunger Project as a model collaboration for the County and included presentations by BOCES New Visions student representatives, Mark Walter, Executive Director of the New York State Office of National & Community Service, and Concluding Remarks by Assemblymember Kevin Cahill. Once again the Summit brought together over 60 representatives from the nonprofit, business, higher education and governmental sectors in Ulster County and built on positive outcomes of the first Summit. It was co-sponsored by the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Ulster Savings Bank, and RiverTides.

Erica Wagner, SUNY New Paltz, Rev. Duncan Burns, Angel Food East, Diane Reeder, Queens Galley, Sarah Urech, Oncology Support Program, and Victoria Langling, Markertek/Daily Bread Soup Kitchen at the 2010 UlsterCorps Service Summit. Photo: Nicci Cagan, From the Ground Up

The information gathered at the Service Summit will be shared with community agencies working to use volunteers more effectively, businesses interested in increasing their employees’ involvement, and local government in their efforts to strengthen the well-being of communities in Ulster County. This event is part of the on-going work of UlsterCorps to deepen the knowledge about volunteerism and to find ways to implement and grow a culture of service and collaboration in Ulster County.

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New Visions Hunger Project Research Documents
Presented at the 2011 Summit:
Research Document 1 – Ulster County Soup Kitchens + Food Pantries
Research Document 2 – NV Hunger Project Logic Model
Research Document 3 – Interactive Map of Food Pantries, Supermarkets & UCAT Bus Routes
created by Ulster County BOCES New Visions Health Career Explorations students, 2011